Doctors Reveal Why 8-Year-Old In China Vomited Live Worms For A Month
Doctors in China treated an eight-year-old girl from Yangzhou City in Jiangsu province, who had been throwing up live worms for around a month, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported. The doctors found that the cause of her illness was linked to something so common in a household - drain flies, also known as moth flies. The girl's symptoms included vomiting live larvae, approximately 1 centimetre long, indicating a severe infestation. Her family members were fine, suggesting the infection was not contagious. Read More | Employee's Leave Application To Head To Mountains Wins Internet, Boss Says, "Made My Week" She saw many doctors, but initially, they were unable to identify the cause. A doctor at the Children's Hospital of Soochow University in Jiangsu suggested sending the samples to the local Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, where a staff member recognised the worm. The moth flies are small insects with distinctive heart-shaped wings. They thrive...